Door attachment hanger appliance



. B. B. HAUSER DOOR ATTACHMENT HANGER APPLIANGE Jan. 20, 1942.

Filed June 24, 1938 Patented Jan. 20, 1942 UNITED4 STATES PATENT OFFICE amores DOOR ATTACHMENT HANGER. APPLIANCE Bonner B. Hauser, St. Paul, Minn.

Application June 24, 1938, Serial No. 215,62l

(ci. zii-s6) Claims.

liLv invention relates to an improvement in door attachment hanger appliance wherein it is desired to provide a means of attaching garment, hat and shoe supports to a door without marring the appearance of the door.

Many types of xtures have been previously provided for the purpose of supporting hats, ties, shoes and the like, and many of these devices are designed to be attached to the inner surface of a closet door or the like. However, in these former devices with4 which I am familiar, it is necessary to attach the racks or fixtures to the door by means of screws or nails so that if these fixtures are later removed, the nail or screw openings detract from the appearance of the door.

It is a purpose of the present invention to provide a hanger appliance consisting in a series of strips which engage the top edge of the door and also the bottom edge of thel same, thus being rmly anchored at both ends thereof. In attaching an appliance of this type, screws or nails aredriven into the door, but these screws or nails extend into the top edge of the door and into the bottom edge of the same where the openings are not visible after the appliance has been removed. Thus if my appliance is later removed from the door, the appearance of the door is not affected in any way as the openings in the door which formerly contained the screws holding the appliance in place, are not in position to be visible.

It is a feature of my invention to provide a construction including a pair of parallel bars extending vertically over the surface of, a door which may be used to support any desired combination of garment supporting devices. For example, in preferred form, a hat and tie support is mounted, overlying the upper portion of a door and a shoe support is mounted overlying the lower portion of the door. If on the other hand, it was desired to provide a support for coats or the like, near the top of the door, it

would perhaps be advisable to reduce the size of the shoe supporting device or to eliminate this portion of the device entirely. My apparatus is flexible and maybe used for the support of various types of garment supporting devices.

It is a purpose of my invention to provide a hanger appliance which may be secured to a door regardless of the size of the same. A means is provided of adjusting the length of the appliance so that one standard form of appliance may be nating the necessity of making a different size appliance for each size of door.

It is a feature of my invention to provide a door attachment hanger appliance which supports various appliances at a point slightly spaced from the surface of the door so that any relative movement between the appliance and the door will not act to scratch or otherwise mar the surface of the door. My appliance is slightly oiIset from the inner door surface and holds the garment supporting devices spaced slightly from the door. It is also possible to provide a bumper device which is formed of soft rubber or the like, and which engages the surface of the door to the rear of the appliance, so as to hold the appliance properly spaced from the door. between the ends of the appliance.

These and other objects and4 novel features of my invention will be more clearly and fully set forth in the following specification and claims.

In the drawing forming a part of my specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a closet door illustrating my appliance attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view in enlarged form of my hanger appliance, showing a portion thereof broken away to permit the important parts thereof to be properly illustrated.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the central.

portion of my appliance. the portions forming the same being spaced apart to illustrate the arrangement of openings and slots therein.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view through the connecting joint between the two main portions forming the appliance.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view through a l slightly different form of construction, the section being shown at the joint where the two relatively telescopic members connect.

My door attachment hanger appliance A is designed for attachment to a closet door B. 'I'his attachment is connected to the door B as best illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing. The hanger A includes a pair of vertically extending supporting telescopically adjustable members il and i2. The upper member Il is provided with a horizontally extending flange I3 having openings therethrough through which screws Il may extend to secure the upper portion of the hanger bar to the door B, the screws il extending into the edge I5 of the door B where these screws are concealed by being countersunk. Obviously even though the screws Il were removed and the used for various sizes of doors, thereby elimihanger A detached, the screw holesV remaining in the edge I 5 would not be visible because of th'e position of the same.

'I'he portion II is provided with a downwardly extending iiange I5 adjacent the attachment flange I3 and an inclined portion I1 which connects the flange I6 with the main body I9 of the strip II. The main body I9 is provided with rearwardly extending flanges on each of the opposite edges thereof so that the main body portion I9 of the strip I'I is channel-shaped, thus giving rigidity to the body.

An opening 2| extends through the strip II near the bottom end of the strip and slightly above this opening 2| is an elongated slot or aperture 22. These apertures 2| and 22 cooperate with other apertures in the strip I2 in a manner which will be later described.

The strip I2 includes an attaching flange 23 having openings therethrough through which screws 24 may extend to secure the ilange 23 to the bottom edge 25 of the door B. From the ange 23 the strip I2 inclines outwardly as illustrated at 26 to space the strip I2 from the y surface of the door and the inclined portion 25 connects with the main body portion 21 of the strip. Oppositely disposed flanges 29 form. the body I2 into channel shape and act to stiffen the strip I2.

The strip I2 is slightly narrower than the strip II and the anges 29 thereupon engage between the flanges 20 on the strip II. 'Ihus the strips II and I2 are longitudinally adjustable with respect to one another. An opening 30 is provided in the strip I2 near the top end thereof, and an elongated aperture or slot 3| extends centrally through the strip I2 at a point spaced from the aperture 30.

In attaching the strips II and I2 together, one bolt 32 or other similar attaching means extends through the aperture 22 and through the aperture 30 in the strip I2. The bolt is held in rigid position with respect to the strip I2,

but the strip II is permitted to slide with respect thereto throughout the length of the slot 22.. A second bolt 33 or other suitable attaching means extends through the opening 2| and the elongated aperture 3|. This bolt is held in fixed relation to the strip II but is slidably adjustable throughout the length of the slot 3|. Therefore, when the bolts 32 and 33 are slightly loose the strips II and I2 may relatively longitudinally move throughout the length of the slots 22 and 3|. To the vertical strips I0 may be attached any desired hanger device.

In the form illustrated in Figure 1 of the' drawing, a rectangular metallic frame 34 is attached to the vertical strips III by means of bolts 35. To the rectangular frame 34 is attached a series of hat supporting brackets 36 and also a tie supporting rack 3l. Thus a series of hats and a large number of ties may be supported on the inner surface of the closet door. Similarly, a rectangular frame 39 may be attached by bolts 40 to the vertically extending strips I0 and shoe supporting rods 4| may be supported by suitable brackets 42 attached to the frame 39. The manner in which hats, ties, and shoes may be supported upon the strips I0 is illustrated in this Figure l of the drawing.

Figures 4 and 5 illustrate slightly diierent forms of construction of the strip portions II and I2 of the strips I0. In Figure 4 of the drawing, I illustrate a bolt 43 having a head 44 carrying an enlarged soft rubber bumper member 45. The bolt 43 is provided with a nut 46 on the 75 inside of the strips II and I2 and with a cap nut 41 on the outside of these strips. The nut 46 may be used to vary the depth between the bumper 45 and the strips II and I2, whereas, the nut 41 holds the strips I I and I2 clamped together.

In Figure 5 of the drawing, I illustrate channels slightly diiierent in form from those Illustrated in the remaining views. In this form, the lower strip portion I2 is identical with that previously described. The upper strip I I', however, is provided with rolled or arcuated edges 49, overlying the flanges 29' of the inner strip I2'. The construction is otherwise identical to that illustrated'in views 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing.

The manner in which my appliance` may be used is believed obvious from the foregoing description. The strips I0 may be attached to a door of any size, these strips being longitudinally adjustable to compensate for a variance in the length of the door. When the strips III have been attached, obviously the garment supporting devices may be attached to the strip and these devices may be of any desired form. When the strips III are removed from the door, the only screw holes in the door will be positioned in the top and bottom edges of the door where they will not be visible and accordingly my hanger appliance may be 'attached and removedwithout affecting the appearance of the door in any Way whatsoever. In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principles of construction and operation of my door attachment hanger appliance, and while I have endeavored to set forth the best embodiments thereof, I desire to have it understood that this is only illustrative of a means of carrying out myinvention and that obvious changes may be made within the scope of the following claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A door attachment hanger appliance comprising a body portion including a pair of telescopically adjustable members, attaching means for the ends of said body, said adjustable members having offset portions, bumper means holding the offset portion of said body in spaced relation from the plane of the non-offset portions thereof, and means supporting said bumper means and engaging said relatively adjustable telescopic members and holding the same in adjusted position.

2. A door attachment hanger appliance comprising a pair of telescopically adjustable members, one comprising an end flange designed to overlie a door edge, a bearing portion at substantially right angles to said end flange, and connected at one end thereto, designed to overlie a portion of the door surface adjacent the edge, an outwardly and downwardly inclined connecting portion on the other end of said bearing portion, and a body portion parallel to said bearing portion; the other of said members comprising an end iiange designed to overlie a door edge parallel said iirst mentioned door edge, an outwardly and upwardly inclined connecting portion connected to said end iiange, and a body portion connected to said last named connecting portion and at substantially right angles to said end flange, and means securing said body portions together in adjusted position.

3. A door attachment hanger appliance comprising av pair of telescopically adjustable members, one comprising an end ange designed to v y 2,270,798 l overlie a door edge, a bearing portion at substantially right angles to said end flame designed to overlie a portion of the door lsurface adjacent the edge, lan inclined connecting portion on said bearing portion, and a body portion parallel to l sald bearing portion; the-other of said members comprising an end iiange designed to overlie a door edge parallel to said ilrst mentioned door edge, an inclined connecting portion connected designed to contact and overlie the'surface of la door, a flange on lthetree end or each of said strips. means for attaching said flanges to op posed edges of the door, connecting portions conn nected to said surface contacting portion of said one strip and the iiange on the. other of said strips, respectively, the strips between said conto said endilange, and a body portion 'connected 10 to said last named connecting portion and ,at sub-- stantially right angles to said end iiange,` each said body including a longitudinally extending slot and a smaller aperture, said smaller aperture in each of said members corresponding with the slot in the other of said members,and bolts 'securing 'said members in amusd 'meucm-y ship, and a series of rack connectingsaid necting portions extending in spaced parallel rey lation to said door surface.

v5. A door attachment'adapted for attachment v to a door, comprising a pair or substantially par-` aliel rack supports, each support comprising a pair oi' telescopically adjustable members designed to extend'paraliel to a surface of the door, avpalr oi-endria'nges onoppositeends of said membersarran'ged in horizontal parallel relationship, means' forsecuring said end flanges to the top and; bottom edgesof ,said door, means 

